The Music Sabhas of Mysuru have come together to felicitate senior musician, musicologist and composer Prof. R. Visweswaran on his receiving three major awards in the month of February and March 2024 — The prestigious ‘Sangeet Ratna’ by the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, ‘Sangeetha Shastra Ratna Mysore K. Vasudevachar Award of Excellence’ conferred on Mar. 25 and ‘Ganayogi Bhairavi Kempegowda Prashasti’ by The Ganayogi Bhairavi Kempegowda Sangeeta Sabha, Bengaluru, conferred on Mar. 15.
The felicitation ceremony will be held at Ganabharathi’s Ramagovinda Kalavedike in Kuvempunagar, Mysuru, on Mar. 28 at 6 pm. The fete is jointly organised by all the Sabhas of the city to honour the artiste. Felicitation will be followed by a veena recital by Prof. R. Visweswaran with Vid. H.L. Shivashankar Swamy on mridanga and Vid. Sharat Kaushik on ghata.
